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I'm pretty fluent in English and German.My Russian needs a significant improvement,however.
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Good point. I'm fluent in American English and semi-fluent in English English - at least I know the difference between a zebra crossing and a pelican crossing.brewnog said:Fluent in English English, ...
Croatian is my native language.jtbell said:Might want to mention your native language, for a point of reference, while you're at it.
jtbell said:Might want to mention your native language, for a point of reference, while you're at it.
As for me, (American) English is my native language. My "best" foreign languages (the ones I try to keep up with by reading regularly, at least) are German and Finnish, so I'll put down "two". I've also studied some Spanish and Russian, so I can read street signs and other simple stuff, but I can't say I know them well.
Quaoar said:It's surprising to me that 2 foreign languages has the most votes at the moment. Also, whoever made the poll should not have made it legal to select multiple options :D
tehno said:Croatian is my native language.
Quaoar said:It's surprising to me that 2 foreign languages has the most votes at the moment. Also, whoever made the poll should not have made it legal to select multiple options :D
Kurdt said:Is that a good surprise or bad surprise?
radou said:Actually, most of the people speak 2 foreign languages, at least based on my experience.
Quaoar said:Good surprise
I kinda doubt this one...perhaps on this forum where most people are intelligent and affluent that's true, but I'm not sure if it's true in general. I would think that most people speak one foreign language because they're either forced to learn a second language in school (my case), or their parents are immigrants and speak another language at home. And unless you spend a significant amount of time in another country that speaks the language you learned in school, it's doubtful that you're going to be fluent in that language.
BobG said:Good point. I'm fluent in American English and semi-fluent in English English - at least I know the difference between a zebra crossing and a pelican crossing.
I think you would be surprised, in Europe at least the only mono-linguals are typically Francophones and Anglophones. The rest of Europe speaks at least 2 languages, typically.I kinda doubt this one...perhaps on this forum where most people are intelligent and affluent that's true, but I'm not sure if it's true in general.
brewnog said:To speak true English English you must also know the difference between a toucan crossing, a pegasus crossing, and a puffin crossing.
cristo said:What's a pegasus crossing? I've never heard of that before!
Kurdt said:Its a zebra crossing on a fly-over.
Andre said:okay am I the only one for three? Proofs how old I am. In the dark ages of the educational system in the Netherlands, it was mandatory to study three foreign languages (German, French, English) with the philosophy that a small country has a lot of foreign neighbours. German and French are not a problem, but English..
Anttech said:The dutch really are amazing linguists. :) A real heavy Nord Holland accent speaking English, does however sound totally demented, like the CEO of Shell...
brewnog said:A pegasus crossing is for horses! It's got high-level button buzzer things so horse riders don't have to get off. And there's more space around them too I think.
Anttech said:aye I ken wit yer saying oh these gallas dialects, tho scots tisnea really English anymore tho, you ken, mucker?
Being able to speak many languages is great, but, each time I visit the Netherlands I get bombarded with anglicisms and Americanisms.Andre said:okay am I the only one for three? Proofs how old I am. In the dark ages of the educational system in the Netherlands, it was mandatory to study three foreign languages (German, French, English) with the philosophy that a small country has a lot of foreign neighbours. German and French are not a problem, but English..
MeJennifer said:It is funny, many Dutch insist on immigrants taking integration classes and exams while at the same time their speaking is loaded with anglicisms and their culture is infested with Americanisms.